26 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
1
Correspondent urges faster road building and invites residents to engage in community progress. Wingate trustees plan for a yearlong term, promote the local school catalog, and call Baptists to August enrollment. Community notes include visits, church prayer meetings, and local happenings.
In a Saturday trial before Judge Lemmond, a farmer-killer case about a goose drew humor from Gov. Laney and Attorney Parker. The goose, described as mischievous, became the focal point as questions about cruelty to animals sparked a mix of levity and gravity in the courtroom.
In Moscow on June 22, the American commission led by Elihu Root formally acquainted themselves with Russia’s workmen and soldiers. Conferences followed with preleteriat leaders while Root delivered two speeches to associated committees and municipal leaders.
James Larkin, noted Irish labor leader, was arraigned in a police court in New York on a charge of violating the conscription law. He was arrested after statements he allegedly made at a meeting in Queensborough last night attended by socialists and pacifists.
Governor Bickett telegraphed appointments across the state naming Redwine Ashcraft and Dr Stevens to form the Union County exemption board. The process will use a nationwide number draw with no favoritism, and drafted men will be called to training by September first.
The American La Fayette squadron's weekly front activity shows 24 planes patrolling German lines and engaging in nine air battles from June 10 to 16. Congress hears Russia envoy deny separate peace, uphold democracy, and back a firm lasting peace among democracies to oppose German autocracy.
A call to uphold domesty truth and righteousness in North Carolina banking stresses that leaders must model high principles, teach them, and practice them to earn public trust and maintain the industry’s integrity.
President Wilson outlines a licensing based export control plan to direct trade without broad prohibitions. The policy aims to supply war allies and neutrals proportionately, keep normal trade flowing, and gather world market data to adjust supplies while meeting domestic needs. The exports council will advise, with decisions guided by needs and conditions.
Subscriptions to the Red Cross flood in during an eight day national drive ending with rallies in hundreds of cities. Officials expect up to ten million may be oversubscribed to reach a total near two hundred million and plan allocations for war relief in France Russia Romania and America. Katherine Stinson delivered the first money by air to Secretary McAdoo, receiving praise for the daring flight from Buffalo Albany New York and Philadelphia.
Paris June 24. Albert Thomas French minister of munitions returns from Russia signaling no support for a separate peace and noting Russia faces industrial and financial strains. He says military and governmental issues are moving toward solution and an offensive could be possible though no date is provided.
Washington June 24 More than half a million men have volunteered in the American army and navy in under three months. The fighting services total between 700 000 and 800 000 enrolled, most armed and under training. The goal: nearly a million eagerly drawn from the millions registered for war duty. The regular army nears 250 000, the national guard about 26 000 remain under arms guarding against German plots and carrying out duties with discipline.
June dispatches report Alfredo Cocchi confessing to Kath Cruger’s murder in New York. High authority notes at least a dozen more officers suspended amid alleged petty graft tied to falsified summonses and arrests. Inspector Faurot leads the inquiry under Police Commissioner Woods amid broader corruption probes. A separate memo from the Southeastern department forbids repeated plays of Star Spangled Banner in theaters and medleys, urging stricter ceremonial respect for the anthem.
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